The Austrian health insurance company closed the year 2025. The debt is smaller than expected. Experts thought of 906 million euros in debt. Now the debt is 156.3 million euros.
Peter McDonald is the head of the company. He says: Our rules work well. The company removed many job positions. The company saves money in the office. Staff got only small pay rises.
Retired people now pay higher fees. This gives the company more money. Medicine costs less now. Patients pay a small fee for sick transport.
Austria has many doctor visits per year. Every person goes 13 times to the doctor. This is a very high number in Europe. McDonald wants to check this high number.
The future stays difficult. There are wars and energy problems. People get older every year. This costs the health insurance a lot of money.
